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SBD Hosts the Launch of the European Association of Business Innovation Districts (EABID)

We were delighted to host the launch of the European Association of Business Innovation Districts (EABID) here in Sandyford Business District #StrongerTogether

The launch commenced on Monday June 30th, and continued with today’s session, featuring insightful workshops and meetings to set visions and objectives designed to bring EABID to life.

SBD would like to extend a sincere thank you to the companies in attendance, who have helped make EABID possible:

Asemposil
BIC Plzeň
Casablanca Finance City
CEDAES
Differdange
Federacíon ÁREAS
FEPEVAL
KG ParkManagement B.V.
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)
UPIC
UrbanDNA
Zincaman

To mark the launch, we were honoured to be joined by Cathaoirleach Jim Gildea, along with Deputy Maeve O’Connell TD, Deputy Shay Brennan TD, and Deputy Sinéad Gibney TD. We were also delighted to welcome H.E. Mr. Lahcen Mahraoui, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Leas Cathaoirleach Pierce Dargan, Councillor Michael Fleming, and Councillor Fiona Murray were also in attendance, as well as Frank Curran, Chief Executive of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and John O’Toole, Head of Economic Development.

We would like to thank Gerry Walsh for the use of the wonderful Dynamic Space, Andrew Watchorn for his amazing photography, and our AV Partner Leo McBride and his team at DigitalX Ireland.

#SandyfordBusinessDistrict #EABID #InnovationDistricts #StrongerTogether #EuropeanInnovation